WUNRN
CALL FOR PAPERS
FORCED MARRIAGES SYMPOSIUM
The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (http://www.salc.net) is currently coordinating a project looking at the myriad social,
political, and legal issues concerning the practice of forced or non-consensual
marriages, particularly as it impacts young people. The Forced Marriages
Project consists of about 20 project partners representing community
organizations, policy, and social services.
An international symposium will take place in
We are currently accepting submissions for papers, workshops, or the
presentation of personal narratives.
The working definition of forced marriages we are using is:
“Forced marriage is
a marriage that takes place without the consent of one or both individuals,
i.e. it does not entail free and full consent on the part of at least one of
the parties. In a forced marriage,
consent is extracted under duress including but not limited to: fraudulent
inducement, violence, physical abuse and (especially in the case of minors)
psychological/emotional manipulation.”
Although
all presenters will be financially compensated for their time, we are no longer
able to provide travel and accommodation subsidies due to the extended nature
of this deadline.
Abstract
Deadline
(required):
Final Paper (if abstract
accepted):
Presentations can include:
•
Single papers (abstract max of 500 words)
• Workshops (1 ˝ hours in length)
· Personal narratives
regarding forced marriage
The conference will focus on the following themes and topics:
Definitions
and Legal and Policy Contexts
The
Social Aspect
Responses
Please direct all
inquires to May El-Abdallah, Project Coordinator, South Asian Legal Clinic of
All submissions
must be submitted to may@salc.net
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